Just Add Ink #730 | Just Add Fruit

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #730 | Just Add Fruit. This week our theme was chosen by design team member Tristan.

With this week's theme I'm taking a break from the Christmas crafting but will be back into it next week. Just a couple more Christmas cards to make and then I'm done. Have you finished your Christmas cards yet? I don't have many crafting products that involve fruit, but I saw another design team member thus week use the Stampin' Up! Mix & Match Ephemera I would use that too. Different ephemera pieces of course.

I first pulled out the floral image with the green strawberries and wanted that as my focal piece. From there on it was just a matter of playing around with the other pieces as to what I wanted on the card and the placement of all the pieces. I tried to find pieces of similar colours and then added a some pieces that were complimentary in colour and would go with the pinks and greens. I had some other pink flowers that I was trying to incorporate on to the card as well, but they weren't working so they got put back in the pack to be used for another day.

I gave the card a Pretty in Pink card base as I thought that would go best with my pink flowers and then layered some Basic White cardstock over that which I embossed with the Distressed Tile Embossing Folder. Over that I splattered the Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Marker. The splatters make the white layer to be not so 'white'.

I finished the card off with some White ribbon from the Petal Pink & White Diagonal Ribbon pack and some Pretty in Pink In Colour Resin Dots. 

I know I've said it before, but the Mix & Match Ephemera are such a quick and easy way to get creating and with all the pieces that come in the packs you'll have lots of cards made before you know it. They are so budget friendly too. If you are just starting out with Stampin' Up! products and don't know where to start a cardstock mixed pack, your choice of ephemera and some adhesive would be a perfect place to start.

I do hope that I've given you some inspiration for our fruity challenge. Go and check out the design teams take on this week's challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog and then come and join us for this week's Just Add Fruit fun. 

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Encircled in Nature Christmas

Hello there stamping friends. With the lead up to the last few weeks before Christmas I'm bringing you some of my last Christmas cards for the season. I've actually used some Stampin' Up! Products not initially intended for Christmas cards but they worked so well for Christmas crafting.

I've combined the Stampin' Up! Online Exclusive Encircled in Nature bundle with the Peaceful Season Dies and the Reindeer Fun Bundle. The circles from the Encircled with Nature Bundle make for the perfect wreath and when die cut in the traditional Christmas colours the "wreath" makes for the for the perfect Christmas wreath.

I've used Mossy Meadow for the card base and embossed the base layer with the Birch Wood Embossing folder. I've then added some Basic White layers, die cut with the Deckled Rectangle Dies, and then embossed with the Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder. 

 

I've then die cut the circle and the 'twigs' using Cajun Craze. This would have to be one of my least favourite Stampin' Up! colour but it works so well  as the 'sticks and branches' of the wreath. The next layer I've then die cut with Mossy Meadow.

This card is made nearly exactly the same except I used the negative die cut from the circle on the first card and I then embossed it with the Forever Plaid Embossing Folder. I love using multiple embossing folders on my cards and I think three layers of embossing is the most I've done without it looking to over done. I wonder though how many embossed layers is too much.

I've finished the card off with some holly leaves and berries from the Reindeer Fun dies, the Merry and Christmas from the Peaceful Season Bundle and some thin gold threads from the Gold Twisted Thread.

I love all the different elements on these cards to make them special Christmas cards.

I do hope that I've inspired you with some more festive creations. Just a few more to make and then I'll be done for the year and will be back to regular crafting creations.

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Just Add Ink #729 | Colour Challenge

 Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #729 | Colour Challenge.This week our colour challenge has been chosen by Kim.

This week we have a bright and colourful colour challenge for you. We have Petunia Pop, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, and Azure Afternoon. In all the Stampin' Up! colours I don't think we could get much brighter. Even though these aren't your usual Christmas colours I still created a Christmas card for you this week.

I've used the Decorative Trees Bundle to create this bright and fun Christmas card. I used a technique to create the watercolour background that I've not used before. It was fun to try something new (new for me). The technique was called Plastic Bag Watercolouring. It was messy but it was fun. And super easy to achieve a watercolour background.

For this technique wet down your Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper with water in a water painter, press your ink pad onto a Zip lock bag, place your hand in the bag and flip it over and 'smoosh' the colour onto your wet watercolour paper. Move the bag around and the colour until you have achieved the desired 'watercolour' look.

 

I've used Basic White as the base layer for the card as this provides a beautiful contrast to the brightness of our challenge colours. I've then layered some Granny Apple Green and Basic White for the next layer and created my own embossed background by using the paper scoring blade on my Paper Trimmer. Over that I've then splattered the Granny Apple Green Stampin' Write marker for some more colour without adding too much colour. Less is more, right?

Over the water colour trees I've layered some retired silver glimmer paper for more of a fun festive look. Silver felt like a better choice with these colours than gold and this glimmer paper was all I had in Silver. How fun are the sparkles from the glimmer paper? Love it!

I've really kept this card very CAS as I wanted the colours to be the main focus of the card. I haven't even used embellishments or ribbon & twine. Who is this person? Ha! It's very rare that I don't have embellishments and ribbon & trim on my cards.

I do hope that I've inspired you with the colours for our colour challenge. Go and check out the design teams take on this week's colour challenge at the Just Add Ink Blog and then come and join us for this week's colour fun. 

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Case-ing the Catty | #ctc496 | Case a Punch Project

 Hello Stamping Friends. Welcome to a super exciting CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop. We at CASE-ing the Catty are about CASE-ing the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues (Catty) with a different theme to CASE each week. To CASE is to Copy and Selectively Edit.

If you've come from Julia Quinn's blog welcome, if you have started here with me also welcome.

This week we are CASE-ing a project using Punches from the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue or the Stampin' Up! 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue. I don't own many punches from either catalogue so my card today has CASE-d the design of a sample, but I've used dies for my card rather that Punches. 

I thought this sample that uses the Humble Home Builder Punch was super cute and have used it as the design for my card today. I was drawn to the offset circle and the big bow and incorporated those design elements on my card.

I've used the Online Exclusive Sophisticated Sled Bundle for a 'wintry' Christmas card. Like the original I've kept the offset circle by using the Spotlight on Nature Dies and instead of a big ribbon bow I've used a large Baker's Twine Bow. I've made multiples of the same card as I need a few more Christmas Cards to be able to get them written and sent out all by the start of the December. I'm never this organised. Who is this person?

I've started the card with a Pool Party cardstock base and then layered some Basic White and one of the Country Woods DSP designs. I felt this DSP tied in well with the woodgrain of the sled. Even though they are a different colour. It's that have the same design elements to keep that continuity and coordination of design.

Last time I used this bundle I used the gorgeous die cut ice skates. This time I wanted to use the stamped wreath. I stamped the wreath with Memento ink on Basic White Thick cardstock and then coloured the wreath with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers. For the leaves I used Shaded Spruce Light & Dark, and for the berries I used Cherry Cobbler Light & Dark Markers.

I've finished the card off with the 'Good Tidings' sentiment, Real Red & White Baker's Twine, and some Iridescent Pearls. 

I love the cool tones of this card to give that winter feel (even though we are heading for summer here in Australia). There is just something about winter at Christmas that I would love to experience just once, even though it feels very unnatural.

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Peta Stephen.  Be sure to give her some CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop love.

Rebecca Scurr

Julia Quinn

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Peta Stephen

Andrea Sargent

Monique Fielder

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Just Add Ink #728 | Just Choose Two Challenge

Hello stamping friends. Happy Friday! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I'm here today with the Just Add Ink Design Team for the new Just Add Ink Challenge - Just Add Ink #728 | Just Choose Two Challenge. This week our Just Choose Two Challenge has been chosen by team member Di.

 

Today for our Just Choose Two challenge (to choose two items to feature on your project) we are choosing from Pens, Pencils, and Patterned Paper. I chose Pencils and Patterned Paper to create a colourful Christmas card using the new Stampin' Up! Nature's Paintings Kit. 

Have you seen this new kit? This unique kit includes everything you need for a fun creative experience: a colouring book, Watercolor Pencils, and a Water Painter. All you need is some imagination and water! And when you've finished colouring you can use your finished artwork to create a one-of-a-kind card front!⁠

One of the images in the kit is some Poinsettias with some Holly Leaves and Berries and I thought that this image was perfect for today's challenge. Well all of the images from the kit would have been perfect but I still need to make some more Christmas cards, so I went with this image today.

The kit comes with 8 watercolour pencils, and I used the colours that were suggested for the kit but I also added some colour from the Watercolour Pencils Assortment Packs that are found in the Stampin' Up! Annual Cataogue. I added the extra colours to add some more depth to the images and to layer a bit more colour. 

I finished the card off with some Linen Thread, Iridescent Pearls, Peaceful Season Dies and the Embossed 'Merry' from the Reindeer Fun Stamp Set.

If you love colouring and also are wanting something to help you relax and de-stress, then this kit is for you. Shop for it HERE.

There are lots of AMAZING creations from the rest of the Just Add Ink Design Team on the JAI Blog. Go and check out to see what 'two' elements they all used this week and then while you are there you can see how you can enter your project. Can't wait to see what 'two' you used.

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CASE-ing the Catty | #ctc495 | Case a die project from either catalogue

 Hello Stamping Friends. Welcome to a super exciting CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop. We at CASE-ing the Catty are about CASE-ing the samples from the Stampin' Up! Catalogues (Catty) with a different theme to CASE each week. To CASE is to Copy and Selectively Edit.

If you've come from Monique Fielder's blog welcome, if you have started here with me also welcome.

This week we are CASE-ing a project using dies from either the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue or the Stampin' Up! 2024 Sept-Dec Mini Catalogue. I realised after I made my box that the sample I CASE-d my project on isn't actually in either catalogue because the products used in the sample are Online Exclusives. Oops! I figured I was still CASE-ing a Stampin' Up! sample so I thought I would just go with it.

I love the layering of the original sample along with the addition of the twine and embellishments.

From the original sample it looks like it is a box, so I made a box as well. I've made a simple 'pizza' style box but rectangular instead of square. It's the perfect size to hold a few chocolates or a small gift.

The DSP used comes from the A Little Bit Festive Mix & Match Specialty DSP. I love the Night of Navy Gingham and not only is it perfect for your Christmas crafts but it's a DSP design that can be used all year round. So versatile! Under the DSP layers I've used one of the Christmas Label Dies, cut in half, made to look like it was one long die. I hadn't planned for the negative pieces of the die cut to stay in but when I pulled the die cut out of the die and they all stayed in I thought it looked awesome that way so in they stayed. This is a fantastic way to give different look to your die cuts.

I've embellished my box using the Joyful Images and Joyful Sayings Mix & match Ephemera. I've layered the ephemera and sentiment like the design on the original box. I've changed the orientation of the twine only because I liked it better horizontal instead of vertical. Personal preference.

I've finished the box off with a placement of a few of the Opal Rounds. They coordinate so perfectly.

I love that when using the Mix & Match Ephemera how quick your creation comes together, and the ephemera makes for some budget friendly crafting. 

Next up on the hop is the lovely Peta Stephen. Be sure to give her some CASE-ing the Catty Blog Hop love.

Julia Quinn

Monique Fielder

Rochelle Blok - You are here

Peta Stephen

Rochelle Laird-Smith

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Global Design Project #470 | #gdp470 | Sketch Challenge

 Hi there stamping friends! Thanks for stopping here at my blog. Today I'm playing along with the sketch challenge over at the Global Design Project #470 | #gdp470 | Sketch Challenge. 

Today I've made a fun Christmas card for you all using the gorgeous Stampin' Up! Reindeer Days Suite Products. I've made quite a few things with these suite products of late. It's just such a super cute suite that Stampin' up! have put out in their 2024 Sept-Dec Catalogue. I'm loving it and it's so versatile!

 Here I've gone for a Basic White card base and let the colours of the DSP and cardstock stand out against the white in a gorgeous contrast. While the DSP and die cuts are quite busy, I think by putting them on a white card base they 'tone down' a little. And I just love a white card base. It's so fresh and crisp!

Under the DSP I've used one of the Christmas Label Dies for some added interest. The die is cut in half to make it look like it's a larger die than what it actually is.

I've finished the card off with the Reindeer Fun Die cuts, an embossed 'Merry Christmas' sentiment, Real Red and White Baker's Twine, and the gorgeous Real Red and White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints. Lots of fun and cuteness!

I do hope that you've enjoyed my take on the GDP sketch and all the Reindeer Days fun.

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